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Our team recently had the privilege to hang out with some of the Lord of the Rings Online team to talk about and tour Update 10: Against the Shadows. We were joined by Hannah Foell, Leo Tan and Todd DeMelle for a firsthand look at the new content. Tell us what you think in the comments.

We started our adventure in the Bells of Dale. The Bells is a 6-man instance. At the beginning you are met by Dale’s king and asked to alert his people to an impending invasion. As it turns out the invasion has already started but the city is not yet completely under siege. As you make your way to the bell tower you will fights waves of Easterlings and Skrzig (He of the unpronounceable name). Beta being beta, we did get blocked after killing Skrzig and were not able to finish the Bells of Dale.

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I spent hundreds of hours waiting for some real pvp patches to hit Lotro over 5 years. That Isengard expansion was the last straw for me. Worst expansion I've ever seen in an mmo, didn't even have the content to reach the new lvl cap without grinding. It's a shame Middle Earth will never get the care it deserves. Atleast we have The Hobbit movies to look forward to.

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Been playing LOTRO since Mines of Moria. Folks need to manage expectations when it comes to 'past their prime" mmo's. That being said, SOM and ROI were disappointments but Turbine has stepped up their game with ROR. Unfortunately, PvP is still the 3rd wheel and continues to suffer from imbalances and skewed buffs that make the strong side, stronger. I still find the game fun as do many others and look forward to how Turbine is gonna roll out the next plans for LOTRO.

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Originally posted by MithrundirI spent hundreds of hours waiting for some real pvp patches to hit Lotro over 5 years. That Isengard expansion was the last straw for me. Worst expansion I've ever seen in an mmo, didn't even have the content to reach the new lvl cap without grinding. It's a shame Middle Earth will never get the care it deserves. Atleast we have The Hobbit movies to look forward to.

ROI was fun. And I do believe Middle Earth are getting the love it deserve....And dont watch the Hobbit, its really bad compaired to what the book are trying to tell.

Hope you are gonna play roi soon because it is a good one. Just play it slow and read the story line ;)

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As has been mentioned this is/was NOT an update in any meaning of the word. It is/was the rest of the RoR x-pac. It has absolutely nothing to do with Rohan and oddly enough considering the locals of the cluster and the timing very little to do with the hobbit. You guys said here you were gonna try actually giving real feedback on "previews" http://www.mmorpg.com/showVideo.cfm/videoId/2956 and not blow smoke up developers ***&, whens that gonna start?

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Originally posted by MithrundirI spent hundreds of hours waiting for some real pvp patches to hit Lotro over 5 years. That Isengard expansion was the last straw for me. Worst expansion I've ever seen in an mmo, didn't even have the content to reach the new lvl cap without grinding. It's a shame Middle Earth will never get the care it deserves. Atleast we have The Hobbit movies to look forward to.

Lotro was never designed for pvp, it is an afterthought and will remain so. If you expect expansions to improve it, you are looking at the wrong game. Lotro is designed strictly for pve.

As to the new expansion, either you did not reach lvl cap or you skipped a lot of quests because there really is little grinding beyond cranking out quests in this expansion. I still think Turbine is one of the best developers out there and always look forward to the new content they produce. The nice thing it usually fits in quite well with the lore.